Hello,

When I was a kid, I used to pick dewberries near my country home near
Victoria. My Mom would make dewberry cobbler with them.

I've lived out of the state for about ten years, and I've been back for
a few months. My mom is coming to visit next weekend, and I sooooo
want to surprise her with some dewberries. I know it's getting to be
the perfect time of year for them.

Does anyone know where a good area to find dewberries is? I live in
Cedar Park, and I'm thinking that I'll just find some rural roads, and
look along the fence line. I just know that I'm going to look in all
the wrong places, because I want this too much. Any tips?

Thanks,
Tammy

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"Tammy" wrote:

Hello,

When I was a kid, I used to pick dewberries near my country home near
Victoria. My Mom would make dewberry cobbler with them.

I've lived out of the state for about ten years, and I've been back for
a few months. My mom is coming to visit next weekend, and I sooooo
want to surprise her with some dewberries. I know it's getting to be
the perfect time of year for them.

Does anyone know where a good area to find dewberries is? I live in
Cedar Park, and I'm thinking that I'll just find some rural roads, and
look along the fence line. I just know that I'm going to look in all
the wrong places, because I want this too much. Any tips?

Thanks,
Tammy


Most dewberry patches are ready about May 1st. ;-)
And most patches are already well staked out by locals!

My mom and I used to find MANY dewberry's out in the oil fields around
the Gonzales area. You are just going to have to drive around in the
back fields and get lucky. ;-)

There is a protected, pretty much unstaked field out in the wealthy
housing development in seguin where people have aircraft hangers.

Your BEST bet will be to look around on line for live canes and get your
own patch started.

That's more or less what I did, but I'm growing thornless blackberries
instead.

Happy hunting!!!
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Tammy wrote:
Hello,

When I was a kid, I used to pick dewberries near my country home near
Victoria. My Mom would make dewberry cobbler with them.

I've lived out of the state for about ten years, and I've been back for
a few months. My mom is coming to visit next weekend, and I sooooo
want to surprise her with some dewberries. I know it's getting to be
the perfect time of year for them.

Does anyone know where a good area to find dewberries is? I live in
Cedar Park, and I'm thinking that I'll just find some rural roads, and
look along the fence line. I just know that I'm going to look in all
the wrong places, because I want this too much. Any tips?

Thanks,
Tammy


They grow profusely along fences and railroad tracks in the
Bastrop/Smithville area. Take 71 to Bastrop, turn South on 304 towards
Gonzales, then back East on 535 (there's another road before that to the
North, can't remember name). These roads travel along railroad tracks -
any of the dirt roads crossing the tracks are likely areas to cruise.

We ived on 150 acres in Kovar area for two years and the place was
covered in Dewberries. My wife made cakes, cobblers, pies, and froze
them for later.

Sure miss that.

Cowboy

Great! Thanks for all of your replies. I've definitely got some
places to check now.

Be careful -- the rattlesnakes are also in season now. I've killed two in
two weeks!


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Great! Thanks for all of your replies. I've definitely got some
places to check now.

Good warning...

Good hiking boots and wear plastic snake guards!
Heaven knows guards are cheap enough.



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Be careful -- the rattlesnakes are also in season now. I've killed two in
two weeks!


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Great! Thanks for all of your replies. I've definitely got some
places to check now.



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I picked some last week in San Antonio beside the railroad tracks at Loop
1604 and Lookout Road. Got a good case of chiggers too!
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Good warning...

Good hiking boots and wear plastic snake guards!
Heaven knows guards are cheap enough.



In article , "Robbin"
wrote:

Be careful -- the rattlesnakes are also in season now. I've killed two
in
two weeks!


"Tammy" wrote in message
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Great! Thanks for all of your replies. I've definitely got some
places to check now.



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K.

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"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell see, I have friends
in both places." --Mark Twain